sthā́na n. (also said to be m., [Siddh.]) the act of standing, standing firmly, being fixed or stationary, [AV.] &c. &c.
position or posture of the body (in shooting &c.), [R.]
staying, abiding, being in or on (loc. or comp.), [Daś.]; [Kām.]; [Hariv.]; [Sāh.]
storing-place or storage (of goods), [Mn. viii, 401]
firm bearing (of troops), sustaining a charge (as opp. to yuddha, ‘charging’), [ib.] [vii, 190]
state, condition (ifc. = ‘being in the state of’), [Up.]; [BhP.]
continued existence, continuance in the same state (i.e. in a kind of neutral state unmarked by loss or gain), continuing as or as long as (with instr.), [MBh.]; [R.]; [BhP.]
a state of perfect tranquillity, [Sarvad.]
station, rank, office, appointment, dignity, degree, [MaitrUp.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
place of standing or staying, any place, spot, locality, abode, dwelling, house, site (sthāne sthāne or sthāne sthāneṣu, ‘in different places’, ‘here and there’), [RV.] &c. &c.
place or room, stead (sthāne with gen. or ifc. ‘in place of’, ‘instead of’, ‘in lieu of’; ripu-sthāne-√ vṛt, ‘to act in the place of an enemy’; vilocana-sthāna-gata, ‘acting the part of eyes’; also ifc. = ‘taking the place of’, ‘acting as’, ‘representing’ or ‘represented by’ e.g. pitṛ-sth°, ‘acting as a father’ or ‘represented by a father’; iyaṅ-uvaṅ-sthāna, ‘represented by iy or uv’ [as ī and ū, [Pāṇ. i, 4, 4]]; in Pāṇini's grammar the gen. case is often used alone, when the word sthāne has to be supplied, e.g. hanter jaḥ, ‘ja is to be substituted in place of han’, [i, 1, 49]), [AitBr.]; [GṛŚrS.] &c.
place for, receptacle of (gen.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
proper or right place (sthāne, ‘in the right place or at the right time, seasonably, justly’), [PañcavBr.] &c. &c. (cf. g. svar-ādi)
province, region, domain, sphere (of gods or virtuous men; said to be in one of three places, viz. ‘earth’ or ‘atmosphere’ or ‘heaven’; accord. to some that of virtuous Brāhmans is called Prājāpatya; of Kṣatriyas, Aindra; of Vaiśyas, Māruta; of Śūdras, Gāndharva), [Nir.]; [VarBṛS.]
the main support or strength or chief constituent of a kingdom (said to be four, viz. ‘army’, ‘treasury’, ‘city’, ‘territory’), [Mn. vii, 56]
a stronghold, fortress, [Pañcat.]
the place or organ of utterance of any sound (said to be 8 in number, viz. kaṇṭha, ‘throat’; tālu, ‘palate’; mūrdhan, ‘top of palate’; danta, ‘teeth’; oṣṭha, ‘lips’; kaṇṭha-tālu, ‘throat and palate’; kaṇṭh'-oṣṭha, ‘throat and lips’; dant'-oṣṭha, ‘teeth and lips’; to which are added nāsikā, ‘nose’, said to be the place of utterance of true Anusvāra, and uras, ‘chest’, of Visarga), [Pāṇ. i, 1, 9], Sch.; [Prāt.]; [Sarvad.]
any organ of sense (e.g. the eye), [BhP.]
the pitch or key of the voice, note, tone (of which accord. to [RPrāt.], there are three [see mandra], or accord. to [TPrāt.], seven; vīnā cyutā sthānāt, ‘a lute out of tune’), [ŚrS.]; [Prāt.]; [MBh.] &c.
shape, form, appearance (as of the moon), [VarBṛS.]
the part or character of an actor, [MW.]
case, occurrence (nedaṃ sthānaṃ vidyate, ‘this case does not occur’), [Yājñ.]; [Pañcat.]; [Vajracch.]
occasion, opportunity for (gen. or comp.; °ne ind. ‘occasionally’), [ŚrS.]; [MBh.] &c.
cause or object of (gen. or comp., e.g. śulka-sthāna, ‘an object of toll’; pūjā- or mānya-sth°, ‘an object of honour’; also applied to persons; °ne ind. ‘because of’, ‘on account of’), [MBh.]; [Pañcat.]; [Kathās.]
a section or division (e.g. of medicine), [Car.]; [Suśr.] &c.
an astrol. mansion or its subdivision, [VarBṛS.]
= kāryotsarga, [Śīl.]
an open place in a town, plain, square, [W.]
a holy place, [MW.]
an altar, [ib.]
N. of a Gandharva king, [R.]
, sthānin, sthāpaka, °pana &c. See p. 1263.